Austrian Airlines and Vienna International Airport will jointly introduce the biometric recognition system for contactless travel on November 9. Star Alliance Biometrics facilitates boarding without presenting the boarding pass and passing through security access both quickly and contactlessly. This feature is exclusive for Miles & More members. After a one-time registration via the Miles & More app and accepting the terms of use, frequent flyers can access boarding pass control and selected quick-boarding-gates contactlessly. A special infrastructure has been set up at the Vienna hub in Terminal 3.
The biometric recognition system not only allows for more travel comfort for frequent flyers, in times of increased hygiene standards, it also provides an important contribution to health protection. Since the facial recognition technology is not affected, passengers can keep their FFP2-mask on, which is mandatory inside the terminal.
“The optimisation of travel processes is a top priority for us. With biometric technology, we can offer our frequent flyers more travel comfort and a contactless passenger journey. Once registered, the free service can now be used for Austrian, Lufthansa and SWISS flights at our Vienna hub in addition to Munich and Frankfurt airports,” says Austrian Airlines CCO Michael Trestl.
